The Hammers took the lead after only 5 minutes and were unfortunate not to take the lead again when the score was 1-1.
”Sitting there after 60, 65 minutes we were thinking we’ve had the opportunity to get another goal and we haven’t quite taken it,” explained Sam.
“Kevin Nolan’s one was offside obviously and Andy Carroll had a great chance as well. We had them on the back foot in the second half, and the wind was helping us, which was very powerful today.
“All it needed was the back players to continue to concentrate on defending correctly and we’d have eventually got another chance to score, maybe taken it or if not come off the field on a 1-1, but unfortunately our defending let us down in the second half.
“We didn’t need to defend very often either, so it’s very upsetting that I didn’t see the defensive side of our game come together today, when the attacking side was a lot better than it was against Everton.
“There was a lot more chances, a lot more creativity, a lot more pressure on the opposition, but two shocking defensive moments have cost us the game, as well as the referee not giving us a penalty.”